the shark in the pool - microplastics and wastewater
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- 1. The Shark in the Pool Microplastics and their Relationship to the Pretreatment Program
- 2. Plastic fragments, hiding in plain sight, in a plastic soup
- 3. Images courtesy of Huffington Post; National Geographic; 5 Gyres; Beatthemicrobead.org
- 4. Image courtesy of Unilever
- 5. "there's some sort of missing sink - Law That raises the concern that marine animals could be poisoned by toxic chemicals carried by the plastic Seal feces image courtesy of Gerd Liebezeit
- 6. "When you expect to see zero plastic hundreds of miles from shore, it's shocking" author and SEA oceanographer Kara Lavender Law
- 7. Plastic is really the toxic killer. While it slowly degrades, it turns into increasingly smaller bits of plastic.
- 8. Wheres it coming from? 6 continents all contaminated with microplastics 18 beaches
- 9. Its a People Problem. With disposability comes litter.
- 10. Intrigued? Visit these for more information: Algalita.org 5gyres.org PlasticPollutionCoalition.org Surfrider.org
- 11. facebook.com/InnovareEnvironmental [email protected] Image credits Surfrider, California Coastal Commission, Ripleys